Video: Drama Continues Over Great Park’s Future

ByTHE EDITORS |November 15, 2013

This week on PBS SoCaL, we delve into the dramatic scene in Irvine this week, where hundreds showed up to a City Council meeting to weigh in on a new deal to build the Great Park.

The proposal would have FivePoint build 65 percent of the park, including a massive sports facility, but uncertainty over the city's financial responsibilities and liabilities led to a delay of the decision.

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